Stockport sweeps the board at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards

Mayor Andy Burnham has said people need to 'cut Manchester City Council some slack' over their decision to axe the city's Bonfire Night celebrations due to 'escalating costs'.

Erik ten Hag has suggested that he sees Victor Lindelof as an ideal option to use on the left-side of defence despite signing Lisandro Martinez to play there in the summer.

The leader of Stockport council has claimed the borough will not have to build ‘on an inch of green belt’ as it set a new deadline for consulting on its long-term masterplan. Coun Mark Hunter believes the government will soon cut Stockport’s house building target - which currently stands at more than 1,100 new homes per year - by around 25pc.

Police have made an arrest after a street in Ashton was taped off due to a "nasty" assault which saw a man attacked with a bottle in broad daylight.

The Sunday Times restaurant critic Marina O’Loughlin delivered a rave review of a much-feted Manchester restaurant over the weekend. The acclaimed food writer visited Flawd in New Islington, the paper publishing her thoughts yesterday.

A five-year-old girl and her dad are among ten dead after an explosion at a gas station in County Donegal.

Firefighters were called to a blaze in an abandoned building close to a row of shops in Stockport last night.

Charlotte Dawson had fans doing a double take as she shared a batch of photos on her Instagram to mark her 30th birthday. The mum-of-one Instagrammed side-by-side pictures of herself in the same hotel wearing the same swimsuit, taken two years apart.

Stockport is to get a new £17m special school after 'much-needed' plans were signed off by town hall bosses. Named Pear Tree Academy, the secondary school will provide places for up to 133 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including children who have autism.

Future brides will get the chance to tie the knot in wedding dresses worn in the iconic soap Coronation Street after they were donated to a Stockport charity shop.

Former Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna has heaped praised on United's Lisandro Martinez ahead of Sunday's derby.

Helen Skelton has said she is 'trying to be sexy' while showing off her blistered feet on social media. The Countryfile host is currently in training for week two of Strictly Come Dancing which will be on screens this coming Saturday.

Hello Oriental, the bakery, food hall and supermarket, is knocking half off its whole menu tomorrow (September 28). To celebrate six months of business, it will be selling everything at half price from 8am until it closes at 10pm.

A jilted bride who went ahead with her wedding anyway has been 'overwhelmed' by the support she has received, with strangers donating nearly £7,000 and a free 'honeymoon' from Holly and Phil. Kayley Stead found out on the morning of her big day that her partner of four years would not be there.

Cristiano Ronaldo was linked with a clutch of clubs over the summer as it became apparent he wanted out of Manchester United.

An historic railway building could be transformed into new homes as part of a ‘landmark’ residential development including an eight-storey roundhouse. The plans would see the Grade II-listed engine house - on the fringes of Stockport town centre - converted into two apartments, while the ‘eye-catching’ roundhouse would provide a further 52 flats. Manchester-based Promised Way Ltd is proposing a mix of one, two and three-bed homes for the land near Stitch Lane, in Heaton Norris - which was previously used by a vehicle sales firm. Planning papers say the proposal is for a ‘high quality, innovative and eye-catching residential development, respectful of the site’s heritage’ which would ‘energise and uplift the local area’.

Charlotte Dawson was all smiles as she stepped out at a star-studded event as she revealed she's hoping to lose weight for her 30th birthday. The mum-of-one looked fabulous as she attended the launch of a new aesthetics clinic in Manchester.

A national beauty awards held at a Manchester hotel has been blasted after guests at the £120 a head event say they were served 'inedible' food and the organisers failed to hand out trophies before apologising for the 'absolute s*** show'. Beauticians from across the country travelled hundreds of miles to attend the Nail, Brow and Lash Awards at the Mercure hotel in Piccadilly Gardens.

It was at 6.45pm sharp, on Monday, 22 August 1931, that the Regent Cinema in Marple first opened its doors. After paying the equivalent of roughly three pence for stalls and five pence for circle seats at the ticket desk, a packed out theatre enjoyed performances from Renate Müller, Jack Hulbert and Owen Nares in British musical comedy ‘Sunshine Susie’.